Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 307 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KOSCIUSKO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280234000461
Kosciusko Upper Elementary
120 4th Avenue, KOSCIUSKO, MS 39090 · (662) 289-2264 · Attala County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
213 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 144 | 57% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 43% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kosciusko School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 51.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kosciusko Upper Elementary
Kosciusko Upper Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosciusko Upper Elementary this school | 252 | 84.5% | 60.7% |
| Shannon Elementary School SHANNON | 257 | 82.9% | 48.7% |
| Kosciusko Middle Elem KOSCIUSKO | 267 | 86.5% | 54.5% |
| Shannon Primary School SHANNON | 249 | 86.3% | 33.9% |
| Calhoun City Elementary CALHOUN CITY | 235 | 91.5% | 47.5% |
| Brookhaven Elementary School BROOKHAVEN | 368 | 81.0% | 50.0% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kosciusko Upper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #163 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #166 of 439 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #161 of 439 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #366 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #54 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #54 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #233 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #30 of 296 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
252
-61 (-19%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 252 | 19.8 | 12.7:1 | 85% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 21.6 | 11.6:1 | 84% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 23.5 | 12.8:1 | 99% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 26.8 | 14.3:1 | 80% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 74% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 71% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 59% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kosciusko Upper Elementary.
About Kosciusko Upper Elementary
Students in KOSCIUSKO, Mississippi, attend Kosciusko Upper Elementary, a small elementary school. It is open to students in grades 4 through 5 and enrolls 252 students. Elementary schools in Mississippi have about 446 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.
Kosciusko School District runs Kosciusko Upper Elementary along with 4 other schools, enrolling 1,973 students in total.
Black students are 51% of those enrolled at Kosciusko Upper Elementary. The next largest groups are 24% White, 21% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
With 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.7:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1, 3.1 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 85% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Attala County is similar, at 87%.
Kosciusko Upper Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.9% for Kosciusko Upper Elementary. The school posts 60.7%, 8.8 points above the prediction.
Census data for Attala County show median household income comes to about $51,639, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 11 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,925, Kosciusko Upper Elementary among them.
Kosciusko Lower Elem is about 0.8 miles from Kosciusko Upper Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Kosciusko Upper Elementary comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Kosciusko Upper Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 252, down from 313 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about Kosciusko Upper Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Attala County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,526
Census ACS
Median income
$51,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,925 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kosciusko School District
- KOSCIUSKO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 579 students
- Kosciusko Jr High SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Kosciusko Lower ElemElementary · 403 students
- Kosciusko Middle ElemElementary · 267 students
- KOSCIUSKO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in KOSCIUSKO
- KOSCIUSKO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 579 students
- Kosciusko Jr High SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Kosciusko Lower ElemElementary · 403 students
- Kosciusko Middle ElemElementary · 267 students
- KOSCIUSKO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
- KOSCIUSKO ATTALA CAREER TECHNICAL CHigh
Nearby schools
- Kosciusko Lower Elem0.8 mi · 403
- Kosciusko Jr High School0.9 mi · 472
- Kosciusko Middle Elem1.3 mi · 267
- KOSCIUSKO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 579
- McAdams Attendance Center6.7 mi · 167
- Ethel Attendance Center7.9 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Kosciusko Upper ElementaryHow large is Kosciusko Upper Elementary?
Kosciusko Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 252 students in grades 04-05.
Is Kosciusko Upper Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kosciusko Upper Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Kosciusko Upper Elementary have?
Kosciusko Upper Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Kosciusko Upper Elementary?
Kosciusko Upper Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 4% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Is Kosciusko Upper Elementary public or private?
Kosciusko Upper Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kosciusko School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.